Methods in Enzymology, Volume 156: Biomembranes, Part P: ATP-Driven Pumps and Related Transport
Subtitle: The Na,K-Pump
Contributors: Sidney Fleischer (Editor); Becca Fleischer (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: March 28, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780121820572
Subjects: Human biology; Enzymology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science / Biochemistry; Life Sciences - Biochemistry
First sentence: Most mammalian cells have Na,K-pumps in their membranes, which pump Na+ ions out of and K+ ions into the cell, thereby creating an electrochemical gradient of Na+ ions into and K+ ions out of the cell.